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Your vote and how to use it

Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, Presidents of the Boroughs—The Board of Aldermen—The Board of Estimate and Apportionment—Corporation Counsel—City Chamberlain—Taxes and Assessments—Board of Education—Board of Elections—Local Improvement Boards—County Gov...

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I. POLITICS AND WOMAN’S INTERESTS 1

2. CHAPTER II. TOWN AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT 8

3. CHAPTER III. THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE AND

4. CHAPTER IV. GREATER NEW YORK 37

Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, Presidents of the Boroughs—The Board of Aldermen—The Board of Estimate and Apportionment—Corporation Counsel—City Chamber...

5. CHAPTER V. STATE GOVERNMENT 50

The Constitution, Constitutional Amendments—The Legislature, Senate and Assembly—How to Get a Law Passed—The Governor and Other Officials—Appointive Offices—Public Service, Heal...

6. CHAPTER VI. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 62

7. CHAPTER VII. WHO CAN VOTE 72

Citizens—Aliens—How an Alien May Become a Citizen—Naturalization Laws—A Married Woman, an Unmarried Woman—Qualifications for Voting—Who May Not Vote—The 14th and 15th Amendments...

8. CHAPTER VIII. POLITICAL PARTIES 80

9. CHAPTER IX. HOW CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED 91

10. CHAPTER X. ELECTIONS 98

Registration of Voters—Time of Elections—Election Officials—How to Mark the Ballot—How Ballots Are Counted—The Australian Ballot—The Short Ballot—Corrupt Practices Act—Voting-ma...

11. CHAPTER XI. TAXATION 108

Direct and Indirect—Village and School Taxes—Town, County, City, and State Taxes—Tax Districts—How Taxes Are Assessed—County Board of Equalization—The Collection of Taxes—State...

12. CHAPTER XII. PUBLIC HIGHWAYS 121

13. CHAPTER XIII. COURTS 130

Criminal and Civil Cases—Justices’ Courts—Police and Magistrates’ Courts—County Courts—Surrogates’ Courts—Court of Claims—Supreme Courts, Appellate Divisions—Court of Appeals—Co...

14. CHAPTER XIV. THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIME 141

15. CHAPTER XV. WOMEN OFFENDERS AND THE LAW 150

16. CHAPTER XVI. PUBLIC EDUCATION 161

The School District—The Township Board of Education—The Annual School Meeting—The School Budget—The Supervisory District—The District Superintendent—The Union Free School Distri...

17. CHAPTER XVII. HEALTH AND RECREATION 174

18. CHAPTER XVIII. THE CARE OF DEPENDENT AND

19. CHAPTER XIX. CHILD WAGE-EARNERS 197

20. CHAPTER XX. PUBLIC CHARITIES 209

State and Private Control of Charitable Institutions—State Board of Charities, Duties, Powers—Proposed Changes in the Reorganization of the Board—County and City Institutions—De...

21. CHAPTER XXI. THE PROTECTION OF WORKING-WOMEN 221

Conditions Before the War—Number of Women Wage-earners—Clothing Manufacturers, Laundries, Restaurant Workers, Textile Operators—War and Woman’s Work—The Eight-hour Day, New Occu...

22. CHAPTER XXII. AMERICANIZATION 232

The Need of a United Country—The Immigrant a National Asset—Housing Conditions—A Common Language—Night Schools—Neighborhood Classes for Women—Home Teaching of Women—Naturalizati...

23. CHAPTER XXIII. PATRIOTISM AND CITIZENSHIP 243

Some Definitions: Habeas Corpus—The Initiative and Referendum—The Recall—Injunction and Abatement Act—The Tin Plate Ordinance—Prohibition, High License, Local Option, the Gutten...